The Pomona Fairplex becomes the Fearplex! Dare to step into a multi-level 25-room insane asylum featuring crazed and delusional patients who want to scare you. Enjoy food, refreshments, photos, music and games but beware of psychopaths on the loose. For a less scary adventure, attend the family friendly park on October 12 and 19 from 7 to 8 p.m. Buy a $39 Platinum Pass and be eligible to attend Old Town Haunt, Seaside Haunt and Spooky House Haunted Theme Park. Tickets may be used once at each location during this holiday season.

A guide leads brave souls through a series of tents featuring pirate-themed mazes for 2008. There's a scary version and a less scary version, but even the milder one is not recommended for children under 6.

Freddy Krueger and his band of sadistic terrorists are on the loose at Universal Studios for Halloween Horror Nights. Ride the new Terror Tram into your worst nightmare and make sure to wear eyes in the back of your head, or else Leatherface and The Strangers' most notorious assassins will have you running for your life -- or at least screeching at the top of your lungs. Not recommended for children under 13!

Peek into the basement of the ancient Union Savings Bank building, which according to rumor, is the site of a deadly history. Locked up for decades, the haunted building's doors will be reopened for your investigation. Enter at your own risk.

(Sep. 24 - Nov. 1) Berry turns to Scary as fast as Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde. When the sun goes down, enter Knott's Berry Farm at your own risk. You're not allowed to pass through the gates in costume, but plenty of creepy creatures will be crawling in every corner of Knott's Scary Farm. Among the rides and attractions, ghosts and ghouls may attack at any moment; passing through the entrance gates makes you fair game. Not recommended for children under 13! Discount coupons are often available at Ralph's Supermarkets and various fast food restaurants. Discount coupons are often available at Ralph's Supermarkets and various fast food restaurants.

Welcome to "the house where screams are made." Started in 1990, this family-run haunted house was first built to entertain the family's daughter, but by 2005 more than 1,200 people were coming through each year. This year's theme "The Wizard of Odz" promises mystical frights for all.

Double the size means double the horror at the fifth annual Seaside Haunted Theme Park. Featuring attractions titled, "Mutiny to Purgatory" and "Blood Beach Haunted Mansion," the event will host eerie sights including a haunted pirate ship, bruised and battered bridges and zombie pirates. Matinee shows for children occur on Oct. 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 and Nov. 1 from noon - 4 p.m.

Dare to venture over murky waters to the 14th annual Halloween Terrorfest aboard the shipwrecked Queen Mary. With seven haunted mazes, it'll be a wonder if you step foot on land in one piece.

Six Flags Magic Mountain will keep you screaming, but not just because of the bloodcurdling roller coasters. Take a scary stroll through four haunted mazes including Lector's Slaughterhouse and Willoughby's Haunted Mansion or ride coasters in the dark. Just watch out for roaming zombies. Join ghoulish entertainers, Heckles and Twitch, for an unexpected mixture of comedy and terror.

Ride the "Hellavator" through a two-story 1920's Victorian Mansion that has 25 haunted and horrifically adorned rooms. Slyly sashay down secret passages and torture chambers, but be careful not to trip over bodies draped throughout the death-ridden house floors. Not recommended for younger children! Matinee shows from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 and Nov. 1, are more child friendly.